Today, April 26, Thessaloniki will be without buses for four hours due to a workers’ strike. In particular, the workers at OASTH are going on strike from 10.00 to 14.00, reacting to the tender for the concession of transport work to private individuals.
In detail, in a relevant announcement, the employees of the OASTH state:
“How long will the citizens of this city and everyday passengers of the only means of public transportation to date continue to rely on it?
At a time when the city is suffocated by traffic due to the works on the ring road and the start of operation of the metro is constantly postponed, The Thessaloniki Transport Project Organization has announced the launch of an open public tender for the concession of a transport project to private individuals in the amount of €646,800,000 with a competitive dialogue…!!!
Various questions are raised:
• Based on which transport map was the competition designed??? The last transport map for the city of Thessaloniki was compiled in 2004!!!
Do they know what is the work that the transport project providers in the city will be called upon to do after the metro is operational???
Where do the 22,500,000 vehicle kilometers and the 250 buses come from???
• How is it possible that in Attica the tender concerns the awarding of approximately 13% of the transport project to a private individual, when the corresponding tender in Thessaloniki concerns over 50%???
• How is it possible that in Attica the amount of the option to increase the physical and financial object of the competition amounts to 4% and the corresponding amount in Thessaloniki reaches 20%????
• Could it be that the discredit experienced by the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization in all the previous years was not just a coincidence, but paved the way for the re-assignment of the transport project to private individuals?
At the same time, the employees of the Organization once again meet stuck with the problems we face (signature of S.S.E., issuance of F.E.K. unhealthy allowance, etc.) to be referred for resolution in… a future time.
That’s enough. The Administration of O.A.S.TH. and the political leadership of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport must assume their responsibilities and give definitive solutions and answersto the problems of urban transport in our city and the workers in it.
We announce a warning stoppage of work for Friday 26/4/2024 from 10:00 to 14:00″.
The answer of the OASTH
For unexpected work stoppage, the management of the Organization says in its announcement, calling on the workers not to proceed with the mobilization and not to inconvenience the passengers. As it is stated in detail, “OASTH informs the passenger public that the Union of Employees of the Organization has suddenly decided to go on strike on Friday, April 26, from 10 am to 2 pm. The management of the Agency calls on the employees not to proceed with the mobilization and not to inconvenience the passengers».
